The Mad Goblin (Secrets of the Nine #3): A Wold Newton Parallel Universe Novel

By Philip José Farmer

They were known simply as the Nine - grim and ancient rulers who thirty thousand years ago had discovered the key to eternal life and ever since had secretly held the world in thrall. Once, Doc Caliban had been their servant and had shared their secrets. Now, appalled by their tyranny, Caliban sets out on the trail of the deadliest of the Nine: the mad goblin Iwaldi, the very incarnation of Evil...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Titan Books
• Release date: Jun 28, 2013
• ISBN: 9781781163009

Philip José Farmer

Philip José Farmer (1918–2009) was born in North Terre Haute, Indiana, and grew up in Peoria, Illinois. A voracious reader, Farmer decided in the fourth grade that he wanted to be a writer. For a number of years he worked as a technical writer to pay the bills, but science fiction allowed him to apply his knowledge and passion for history, anthropology, and the other sciences to works of mind-boggling originality and scope. His first published novella, “The Lovers” (1952), earned him the Hugo Award for best new author. He won a second Hugo and was nominated for the Nebula Award for the 1967 novella “Riders of the Purple Wage,” a prophetic literary satire about a futuristic, cradle-to-grave welfare state. His best-known works include the Riverworld books, the World of Tiers series, the Dayworld Trilogy, and literary pastiches of such fictional pulp characters as Tarzan and Sherlock Holmes. He was one of the first writers to take these characters and their origin stories and mold them into wholly new works. His short fiction is also highly regarded. In 2001, Farmer won the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement and was named Grand Master by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America.

Reviews for The Mad Goblin (Secrets of the Nine #3)

[iamandypieters · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Having not read any of the other books of 'The Nine' I was a bit lost at first trying to come to grips with the world painted by Farmer. I was quickly enticed though by the mystical personality of the doc and his determination to see through the death of Iwaldi. One of the nine that has been alive for countless thousands of years and has a very sinister plan. The entire world is at stake!